The Dragon Prince's Forbidden Affair novel Chapter 51

She smirked. "But then he said, 'in private.' I tried to take him up on his offer, but Vella obviously did before me and now he's not interested at all." She was so opening admitting that she would have let him cheat with her but who am I to judge? "Plus, why would he want advice on how to plan his wedding? We plan events for him for the most part. If he really cared about planning parties, he would have asked again but when he got what he wanted from Vella, he didn't need it from me."

"I hear my name I'm not stupid." Vella said from halfway across the ballroom. There was a slight eco. Vella had dark circles under her eyes and her hair was messy. I'm not sure if she was really taking care of herself.

"I think Aqua has a lot more she can say about Lexus than she does." Stewart whispered.

I rolled my eyes as I worked. "I'm sworn to secrecy." I joked. I wasn't really in a joke mood, but I couldn't show anything was wrong. The woman walked away because one of the other organizers called her over. "You always say personal things about everyone else except yourself."

Stewart chuckled. "I'm not that exciting Aqua. I just live and work here. I'm probably going to work and live here for the rest of my life. Oh, I kind of have a girlfriend, that's something I guess."

I would have never known. "Really? Is it serious?"

Stewart shook his head. "It'll probably end eventually. She worked here part time for a little while, but she quit after she finished basic education. Now she's doing extra schooling for her career. I finished basic education recently too, but I decided to work here full time. We don't see each other so much now."

He didn't seem all that bothered by it ending. "You're both too busy?"

"Uh not exactly. She doesn't like coming here because she feels weird that she doesn't work here anymore. She thinks the guards are going to give her a hard time. Plus, there's a visiting limit for guests of live-in workers. They can only visit twice a week and can't spend the night unless it's pre-approved." I guess without restricts workers would have all kinds of people over all the time.

"Why don't you go to her? You could eventually get a place together."

Stewart rubbed the back of his head nervously. "I don't like leaving the castle regularly. I haven't gone back out since I showed you around with Arma your first week here. It's too stressful. If I were to have a relationship, they'd have to be okay with being a live in worker here with me permanently." I wasn't sure how likely it was for him to find someone who met those requirements.

We turned our heads as the ball room door opened. "Can I get one or two workers to take Gray, Kaya, and Polly out on a walk up the hiking trail?" Konn asked.